[Geowanking] Probe for interest: alternative geo conference, London, this summer?

[Ian White|Urban Mapping]

with the 4 geo-events in the SF area this spring (Location Intelligence, CalGIS, Symposium on the Digital Earth and Where2.2) I think a series of events--open houses, parties, kaffeeklatch, etc...would be a lot of fun. 

if you have ideas/want to host space/parties/etc. feel free to send me your ideas. i can be the geo-clearinghouse. UMI wants to host some more of these (a la geowanking style), but having a road show is a great idea.

Ian White  ::  Urban Mapping, Inc
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----- Original Message -----
From: "joshua schachter" <joshua at burri.to>
To: geowanking at lists.burri.to
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:32:38 AM (GMT-0800) US/Pacific
Subject: Re: [Geowanking]  Probe for interest: alternative geo conference, London, this summer?

BTW, I'm reasonably sure I could get space in Sunnyvale or Santa  
Clara from my employer for a south bay confab, as well.

Joshua

On Jan 31, 2007, at 9:26 AM, Ian White|Urban Mapping wrote:

> i'd vote for it, but don't make it the same dates as there where2.2  
> event.
>
> where2.x is great for large(r) industry people looking to get  
> things done, but there's clearly value in .alt(ernative) venues. a  
> euro-wide geowanking confab sounds like a swell idea to me, but of  
> course it won't attract the same crowd.
>
>
> Ian White  ::  Urban Mapping, Inc
> 690 Fifth Street  Suite 200  ::  San Francisco CA  94107
> T 415.946.8170  ::  F 866.385.8266  ::  www.urbanmapping.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Earle Martin" <geowanking at downlode.org>
> To: "Geowanking" <geowanking at lists.burri.to>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:19:55 AM (GMT-0800) US/Pacific
> Subject: [Geowanking]  Probe for interest: alternative geo  
> conference, London, this summer?
>
> Evan Prodromou asked me the other day on #geo (irc.oftc.net) whether
> I'd be attending Where 2.0 this year. I had to answer no, because it's
> not only on the other side of the world from me - I'm in London - but
> also the registration cost is way more than I can afford. The cynic in
> me might comment that with a price of $1100-$1500, saying the
> conference is for "activists and community organizers building tools
> for managing non-profit location groups" is a bit rich - ho ho.
>
> Evan suggested holding an alternative, BarCamp/WikiSym-like event in
> London. This could be a good chance for UK/Euro geohackers to get
> together and do the knowledge sharing thing. Do people on this list
> think they'd be interested in coming to such a happening?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Earle
>
> -- 
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